Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was ratified on the UEFA government committee alongside Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi as representatives of the European Club Association (ECA) on the congress of the continental ruling physique on Tuesday.
The duo are of big significance given their golf equipment are among the many largest not concerned within the breakaway Super League introduced by a dozen different main sides from Spain, Italy and England on Sunday, DPA reported.
Juventus’ Andrea Agnelli left his place as an ECA member on the committee after his membership turned a part of the breakaway. Agnelli was personally criticised by UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and accused of being a serial liar.
Rummenigge, 65, returns to the committee on a three-year time period after a earlier stint 2016-2017 earlier than he stepped down in favour of Agnelli.
He has made his, and Bayern’s, opposition to the Super League well-known and backed UEFA’s growth of the Champions League from 2024.
Ceferin singled him out for reward as a ‘fantastic’ honorary chair of the ECA and Rummenigge is predicted to show a major ally to UEFA and its Slovenian president within the try to hold management of European soccer.
Reports recommend each Bayern and PSG are desired as members by the others concerned within the Super League however — for now at the least — Rummenigge and Al-Khelaifi seem dedicated to UEFA.
Spanish La Liga president Javier Tebas would be the European Leagues consultant on the committee even with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid becoming a member of the Super League.
German soccer federation (DFB) vice chairman Rainer Koch was one among eight males elected or re-elected to the manager on common phrases.
The 62-year-old Koch acquired the votes of 47 of the 55 nationwide delegates to stay on the influential committee for an additional four-year time period after taking the place of former DFB president Reinhard Grindel in March 2020.
Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Alexander Dyukov (Russia), David Gill (England), Gabriele Gravina (Italy), Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden), Just Spee (Netherlands) and Flag of Turkey Servet Yardimci (Turkey) have been additionally profitable within the election with Mehdi Bayat of Belgium the one man to overlook out.
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